Senior Art Director Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Senior Art Director to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Meets deadlines and manages time on projects;
- Provides design elements for all channels, including but not limited to advertising, digital, in-store experiences and social media;
- Lends support and guidance to subordinate team members;
- Able to work on multiple jobs concurrently;
- Collaborates with agency colleagues;
- Concepts, produces and supervises high-quality, creative work;
- Able to concept overarching “big ideas” based on communication strategies and brief;
- Accepts constructive criticism and applies feedback;
- Effectively communicate ideas and present work within agency;
- Make. Cool. Shit;
- Craft memorable, storytelling visuals to support new business pitch opportunities as needed;
- Recommend new formats and tools to leverage in client projects;
- Participate in day-to-day communication with key team members and partners to identify the right times to execute and the right times to delegate;
- Concept and create beautifully designed content from briefs, insights, and strategy;
- Champion the brand with consistency across visual design assets and help develop a unified design brand language as needed.
Requirements:
- Understanding of motion graphic design/animation or editing;
- Ability to meet high standards for quality and accuracy under tight deadlines;
- A portfolio of distinctive and exceptional print and digital work, including large campaigns;
- Supervisory experience required;
- Strong writing skills and the ability to construct presentations;
- Conceptual thinker that brings communication strategies to life in unique and meaningful way;
- Strong interpersonal skills, a positive attitude and the ability to thrive in a collaborative agency environment with multi-disciplinary teams;
- 2-5 years of visual design and art director experience, ideally in a creative/content/social agency environment;
- Great communicator who can present, think on the fly and work capably across teams;
- Excellent art directing, design skills, plus an outstanding appreciation for good design;
- Must demonstrate a solid understanding of current creative media, mediums and trends;
- 3-4 years of experience with creative art responsibilities within an agency setting working on health and wellness brands;
- Advanced typography skills, conceptual abilities and understanding of user centric design;
- Desire to work collaboratively as part of a larger team in a fast-paced environment;
- Talent to inspire clients and team members with great visual design.